Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 09:55:23 -0700

From: Allen Maberry maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: headlights/lamps



for some reason this pair popped into my head yesterday while driving home

and preparing to turn on my headl----s. i recalled that my grandfather

always called them "headlamps" rather than "headlights". is this

distinction regional or age-based or merely a usage peculiar to my

grandfather? DARE has an entry for "headlights" but not in this context.

allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu